Vehicle-washer.



S. M. McLAUGHLiN & H. A. GA-INER.

VEHICLE WASHER.

APPLICATION man MAY18,1914.

I 121,96, Patented Jan;2,1 917.

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, SAMUEL M. MCLAUGHLIN AND HENRY A. GAINER, OF MINIER,'ILLINOIS.

VEHICLE-WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

T 0 all whom it may concern .Be it known that we, SAMUEL M. Mc- LAUGHLIN and HENRY A. GAINER, citizens of the United States, residing at Minier, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Vashers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle washers. v

It relates more particularly to a rotatable brush or like device driven by means of a.

water wheel inclosed in a device to be held I in the hand and connected with a hose or other conductor for water under pressure.

The object of the invention is to provide a powerful form of washer involving novel construction which includes a rotatable brush arranged to turn'at a high speed into which water can be discharged and in which the cost of manufacturing the device may be kept quite low.

Still another object is to construct-a device of very simple form that can be assembled and disassembled by anyone and that will be low in cost of manufacture.

With these objects in View as well as directing the invention to certain details of construction we shall proceed to the description of the invention, aided by the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which,

Figure 1 is a horizontal section of the vehicle washer showing a brush and a shaft for carrying it and a water wheel and parts in connection with it. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device showing parts in vertical section taken on line a a, Fig. 1, and Fig 3 is a plan of the complete device.

represents the body of the device which may'be'a casting 'or which may be formed from sheet metal. It has a part B, to which to attach a hose 0, there being a recess D in the body to receive a water-wheel E of any approved form, there also being a passage F through which the water from the hose G is discharged against the periphery of the Wheel E to drive it, the water being discharged through a large outlet G in a nozzle The wheel E is supported in any suitable manner by means of its shaft H one end of the latter resting in a suitable socket J in the bottom of the casing while its other end, which is considerably longer, has a. bearing in a housing portion K of a cap or cover plate L secured upon the top of the casing by means of screws H, for example. The said housing K incloses a worm N secured relative to the shaft H and the wheel E and said housing also incloses a worm wheel 0 secured on a shaft P which has its bearing in a portion Q of the said cover plate L, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

A brush R is secured on the shaft P and as shown in Fig. 2 receives remote from the shaft the discharge of water from the nozzle G. v i

S is a needle valve which is adjustable in the casing A its point extending into and across the passage F for controlling the flow of water passing therethrough. Said needle valve is arranged in, such "a way that it is entirely protected by'the casing and cannot become injured or bent by ough usage. The ends of the shaft H of the water wheel are preferably conical and-restin sockets of similar form so that the water-wheel will turn quite freely and therefore will set up the very least resistance to its rotation. The flow of water through thepassage F upon the wheel will rotate the latter at. an extremely high speed together withthe worm, and its rotation resultsin a high speed'of rotation of the brush through. the worm wheel 0 and shaft P and'lasj the operator can force the brush with more ,or less pressure upon the surface to be" cleaned as'he holds the device in his hand said brush will perform a very thorough cleaning of the surfaces.

The water leaving the nozzle G issues under a considerable pressure and is dis-' charged directly into the bristles of the brush which in the rotation of the latter is carried upon the surface being cleaned.

The water wheel E preferably lies entirely within the casing A in the-socket D pro vided for it, while the worm which rotates with it extends outside the case.

The cover plate L carries the shaft P together with the duces great power at the brush R and the latter can perform very heavy duty, the resistance produced in applying the brush firmly to the surface being cleaned being insuflicient to stop the rotation of said Wheel.

Preferably the shaft or arbor H is provided with the coned ends to rest .inthe correspondingly cuppedrecesses as described so that the least' amount of friction will be present.-

be easily lifted out and replaced-on occasion and the narrow channel of passage F can be readily cleared of obstructions, v and the vsaid recess'in the cover-plate receiving said brush and its shaft and the worm wheel all come away with said I cover] late al makes an exceedingly simple evice; novel in form, and of a compact structure; Having thus described our'invention we claim 2 In a vehicle washer, the combination of a substantially flat body having a shallow circular recess, said body including a passage lying tangentially to the said recess and communicating at one v end with the same, the other end of said passage terminating in a threaded bore at the edge of said body for attachmentto a hose, said body also including a discharge opening communicating with said recess, a water wheel lying in said All of the parts are readilyreached-since by the removal ofthe cover plate L the wheel E is laid- ,bare and can" recess and provided With projections adapted to successively receive a' jet of water from said passage, a shaft on which the water 1 of said conical shaft, a worm mounted on the 'shaft; 'a cover-plate for said body having ajreeess-therein to receive into it the said Worthy-there being a conical socket at .the bottom' of said recess to receive the other conical end of the shaft, a shaft journaled in said cover-plate perpendicular to the shaft of the said water Wheel and provided with a worm-wheel to mesh with said worth, the

worm also receiving said worm wheel, and a ,brushsecured on the last named shaft and lying opposite the discharge opening to receive the; water discharged from said dis-- charge nozzle, the brush and its shaft and the Worm-wheel being removable from the body with the said cover-plate, and means to secure the latter to the said body.

' In testimony whereof we afiix our .signatures in presence oftwo witnesses. I

SAMUEL M. MoLAUGHLIN.. HENRY A. GAINER. Witnesses: v

L. M. THURLOW, N. N. MGLAUGHLINL 

